Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United States, textile waste grew 80 percent since 2000 — four times greater than the overall waste stream. To turn the ...

The average American tosses 82 pounds of clothing and contributes to a global waste of 92 million tons of textiles and leftover fibers every year, according to Earth.org. While we all hope the systems ...

If you’ve recently visited a biennial or attended an art fair, museum, or gallery show, you’ve probably noticed that textiles are showing up everywhere amid a surge of interest in the medium. It has ...

Each year, the global fashion industry generates more than 200 billion pounds of textile waste, with fast fashion alone contributing to around 10% of global carbon emissions. Overproduction to satisfy ...

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For a few years, Raleigh residents could recycle clothes, shoes and other textiles, but the program was discontinued. City of Raleigh Is recycling worth it? Take a deep dive into Raleigh recycling and ...

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According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, textiles accounted for nearly 6 percent of the municipal solid waste generated in 2018, the most recent data available on the agency’s website.

OXFORD — Textile waste has become a large part of the mountains that make up landfills and one local resident is leading an effort to decrease at least that part of contributions to trash collections.